galzeran
Catalan
Alternative forms
- galleran
Etymology
Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic خيزران (ḵayzarān), from Arabic خَيْزُرَان (ḵayzurān, “reed, cane”).
Pronunciation
Noun
galzeran m (plural galzerans)
- butcher's broom (a shrub of the genus Ruscus, especially Ruscus aculeatus)
- Synonym: cirerer de Betlem
Further reading
- “galzeran”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007